In her new role Raahauge will oversee IT operations, provide strategic direction for Zayo's enterprise systems, and deliver IT solutions to drive operational excellence and innovation. As a member of Zayo’s executive leadership team, she will report directly to CEO, Steve Smith.
Commenting on her appointment, Smith said: "With her extensive and invaluable experience as both a CIO and CTO, Ginna is an ideal fit for the CIO role at Zayo.
"Ginna will be key to ensuring Zayo maintains a competitive edge in a fast-changing IT marketplace by providing best-in-class solutions to our employees who serve customers as they deploy top-notch digital infrastructure solutions based on Zayo’s products and technology.”
Raahauge has more than 28 years of experience as a CIO and CTO for global organisations, from pre-IPO to Fortune 100 companies.
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), she served as an executive in solution and sales engineering for leading teams who work with start-ups to enterprises, covering everything from infrastructure through to application development.
She previously served as CTO and SVP of strategy, architecture and M&A for Catholic Health Initiatives and on the advisory board of Sutter Hill Ventures.
In addition to her new CIO role, Raahauge will continued to act as a technology advisory board member for Greylock Partners and she is also the co-founder of an angel investment firm, which specialises in bringing capital to demographics that have historically been ignored.
Commenting on her new role, she said: “Zayo is at the forefront in supporting its customers' need to accelerate digital transformation in their organizations.
“As CIO, I look forward to working with our talented team and enabling the systems and processes necessary to continue to drive innovation for our customers.”
